Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): In gymnosperms the pollen grains are released from the microsporangium and carried by air currents.
Reason (R): Air currents carry the pollen grains to the mouth of the archegonia where the male gametes are discharged and pollen tube is not formed.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (A) is false, (R) is true.
2. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) correctly explains (A).
3. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) does not correctly explain (A).
4. (A) is true, (R) is false.
Subtopic:  Gymnosperms |
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Match the plant with the kind of life cycle it exhibits:
List-I List-II
(a) Spirogyra (i) Dominant diploid sporophyte vascular plant, with highly reduced male or female gametophyte
(b) Fern  (ii) Dominant haploid free-living gametophyte
(c) Funaria (iii) Dominant diploid sporophyte alternating with reduced gametophyte called prothallus
(d) Cycas (iv) Dominant haploid leafy gametophyte alternating with partially dependent multicellular sporophyte

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
2. (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
3. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
4. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Subtopic:  Algae | Bryophytes | Pteridophytes | Gymnosperms |
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NEET - 2022
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Match List -I with List-II

List - I List - II
a. Cedrus  (i) Pteridophyte
b. Adiantum (ii) Gymnosperm
c. Sphagnum (iii) Liverwort 
d. Marchantia (iv) Moss

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

a. b. c. d.
1. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
2. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
3. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
4. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Subtopic:  Bryophytes | Pteridophytes | Gymnosperms |
 88%
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NEET - 2022
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Match List-I with List-II
List-I List-II
(a) Chlamydomonas (i) Moss
(b) Cycas (ii) Pteridophyte
(c) Selaginella (iii) Alga
(d) Sphagnum (iv) Gymnosperm

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
2. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
3. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
4. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Subtopic:  Algae | Bryophytes | Pteridophytes | Gymnosperms |
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Which of the following statements is incorrect about gymnosperms?

1. They are heterosporous

2. Male and female gametophytes are free-living

3. Most of them have narrow leaves with thick cuticles

4. Their seeds are not covered

Subtopic:  Gymnosperms |
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NEET - 2020
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Pinus seeds cannot germinate and establish without fungal association. This is because:

1. its seeds contain inhibitors that prevent germination.

2. its embryo is immature.

3. it has an obligate association with mycorrhizae.

4. it has a very hard seed coat.

Subtopic:  Gymnosperms |
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NEET - 2019
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